SPCC A Casa Amarela

party was great, unfortunately on a work day i couldn't be bothered to jump in. still spent 1h30 driving people around. the party itself was like having bairro alto over at your place, bar fights included. loud music, loud punks, fist fights for nothing, the usual.

total budget (aproximate):
50€ on booze (26€ was my gift to S)
15€ on food (no food left for me and T though, we had to go out and buy some)
50€ a broken car rear view mirror (might fix it some other way, but worried about legal car inspection)
10€ a smashed white paint bucket (during P and O fist fight)

i cleaned it up and made it yellow, for obvious reasons.

took about 60 minutes to get to work on my bike. i expect i can take about 15 mins off that number. about the same time i take on my car on an average day out. total savings are about 100€ a month (CO2 savings not computed). all small things count right now.

Tonight, we had a visit. O, S, and L went out and met some group of germans that are traveling in van. S came in and said that they were just going to park the van outside, and sleep there. We continued to hang out in the living room. Minutes later we saw one of the german guys coming up with blankets, pillows and stuff like that, and we quickly realize that they were going to sleep inside.

things are just cruising along nicely at spcc. we're well set-up, enjoying the new electricity.
things have slowed down a lot now that everyone's comfortable, which was bothering me a bit. but T and i had a couple of big weeks clearing out the old place so a short rest was very welcome :)

P and J got us electricity. But it only works at night, starting at 20h. When P and J were working on that, a guy, claiming to be the son of one of the owners of the building, appear. A couple of hours after that, police appeared again. After explain all again they told us that we can't be here and that we are going to get a notification for that. J claimed himself as the responsible for all of us. So now we are waiting. We are guessing that the other guy called the police.

A and L are building a pirate ship next to the building.

That's all folks!

<3

After the wood board attack i though that it would be better to fix the windows. Plastic is extremely noisy and as P says: it seems like the fucking building is falling on our heads! So i went up to the top floor and collect some windows, brought them down and put them on our floor. Much better. Now we can sleep without the noise and wind, and also we can see through the glass! The are some windows that still need to be fixed, but maybe tomorrow i'll fix that and also clean the other ones.

With the moving-house-thingy we didn't do much. As J said, the orange room is up, so the floor is starting to look more fun and colorful.

Me and M changed the kitchen to one of the corners and it looks pretty good and more practical. In front we have a proper dinner table (much bigger), and P and M set us a nice lounge/living room with a small table. Since then we've been having some good chill out nights after dinner.

we got the orange room up. also the pigeons are mostly gone now, since the babies now know how to fly. we now have a decent lounge and eating space, but the water continues to be an issue. no big reports on the human side of things, since everyone seems to be used to everybody else now. we're starting to have our bonding moments which will save us from bigger issues.
Ma did a wonderful job with the showers and toilets, they are perfectly usable now, and i'd say all we need is to set up the plumbing.

godspeed starstuff ☆★☆☆★★★☆☆☆☆☆

the hydrant is now all covered up and it's hard to notice that there's a hose coming out. the hose is now connected through the back of the building to the shower area.
a lot of birds in the morning, almost too many! also, the door now keeps the dogs in the wood room.
besides this, i tried to get electricity from one of the posts, but got nothing. i think the post is disconnected.

2010.03.16

the hydrant is fixed, P and Ma fixed it. as for the rest, it is pretty much the same. some more cleaning and moving. now that i'm back at work, i can't work as hard as before, so i guess the rhythm is slowing down.
as for the mornings, they are getting better and better. too bad it takes me 1h30 to get to work now (versus 20m).

godspeed starstuff ☆★☆☆★★★☆☆☆☆☆